Double Switch (video game)
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Double Switch PC cover
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| Developer(s) | Digital Pictures |
| Publisher(s) |
Sega (Sega CD) Digital Pictures (Saturn & PC) Flash Film Works (mobile) |
| Platform(s) | Sega CD, Saturn, PC |
| Release date(s) |
Sega CD
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| Genre(s) | Adventure, interactive movie |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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| Publication | Score |
| EGM | 6/10 (SCD) |
| Next Generation |
  (SAT) |
Double Switch is an adventure interactive movie video game released for Sega CD, Sega Saturn and PC. The game was produced by Digital Pictures and had a similar "trap-em-up" format to Space Panic, Heiankyo Alien, and their earlier game, Night Trap.
After Digital Pictures bankruptcy, the games were purchased by a consortium that included visual effects company Flash Film Works. In December 2016, Double Switch was remastered from the original source video and released as an app for Google Play[1] and Itunes[2].
The game takes place in an apartment complex called the Edward Arms, which was built by the famous industrialist Lionel Atwater Edward III at the turn of the 20th Century. Built following an archaeological expedition to the Valley of the Kings, the building has an ancient Egypt theme and is rumored to hide a valuable state of Isix (named after the precursor to Digital Pictures) stolen by Edward during his expedition. The player character, an anonymous, silent protagonist, is contacted via video call by the current owner of the Edward Arms, a young man named Eddie. Eddie says that he has equipped the building with cameras and traps to protect the tenants from the local criminal element, but one of the tenants has locked him in the basement. He gives the player character control of the cameras and traps and directs him to protect the tenants, trap the handyman Lyle whenever possible, and find the security codes to get him out.
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